Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.92/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −163.38 against this barn's trailing median of $382.30.

Average price

$218.92

23 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,180

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$23.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.71

vs AL average

−40.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	232.54	1,239	2thin
Medium and Large 2	540	221.77	1,197	14thin
Medium and Large 3	539	209.34	1,128	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.20/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.63, low $325.83, median $382.30 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale23 hd

218.92

—

AL average14 barns · 598 hd

232.63

−13.71

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−40.71

This barn, trailing median14 sales

382.30

−163.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,880	165.39	3,109	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,453	119.82	1,741	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	115.21	1,336	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	100.14	1,015	3thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,406	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,175	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,125	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,021	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,575	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,200	2thin

Every lot, as filed

58 lots · USDA AMS · Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	241.32/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	303.25/cwt	300.00–305.00	995	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	258.55/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,189	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	253.54/cwt	248.00–258.00	971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	287.52/cwt	285.00–290.00	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	251.22/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,186	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	190.52/cwt	188.00–193.00	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	271.70/cwt	270.00–275.00	837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	294.49/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,104	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	282.47/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	224.56/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,197	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	226.71/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,047	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	242.62/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,165	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	219.02/cwt	218.00–220.00	926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,332	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,155	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	116.98/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,370	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	109.31/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,247	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	119.82/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,741	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	126.46/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,880	165.39/cwt	163.00–168.00	3,109	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,020.83/head	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,021	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,575.00/head	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,575	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,175.00/head	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,175	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,533.33/head	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	212.56/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,171	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	240.44/cwt	238.00–245.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,220	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	97.21/cwt	95.00–100.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	278.04/cwt	275.00–280.00	759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	235.48/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	316.61/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	331.46/cwt	328.00–335.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	232.54/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	1

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Tue Oct 22, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 157Last week 157Year ago 144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 23Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 14Year ago 20

Compared to one week ago; Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold sharply higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	300.00–305.00	303.25
4	350–400	375	290.00–300.00	294.49
5	400–450	409	253.00–260.00	258.55
3	500–550	510	240.00–242.00	241.32
1	600–650	620	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	280.00–285.00	282.47
3	450–500	480	238.00–245.00	242.62
2	500–550	535	228.00	228.00
1	550–600	575	215.00	215.00
1	650–700	690	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	328.00–335.00	331.46
1	250–300	290	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	383	310.00–320.00	316.61
1	400–450	410	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	520	255.00	255.00
4	550–600	574	233.00–243.00	235.48
1	650–700	670	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	250.00–252.00	251.22
2	550–600	565	243.00	243.00
1	750–800	790	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
8	450–500	480	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	570	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	285.00–290.00	287.52
6	300–350	308	270.00–275.00	271.70
4	350–400	383	248.00–258.00	253.54
1	400–450	420	230.00	230.00
7	450–500	462	225.00–228.00	226.71
12	500–550	533	220.00–228.00	224.56
2	550–600	580	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	275.00–280.00	278.04
3	350–400	378	238.00–245.00	240.44
2	400–450	423	218.00–220.00	219.02
6	500–550	533	210.00–215.00	212.56
1	550–600	575	190.00	190.00
2	600–650	635	188.00–193.00	190.52
2	650–700	675	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	375	265.00	265.00
3	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
1	450–500	490	233.00	233.00
2	500–550	533	230.00–235.00	232.54

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	106.00	106.00
2	—	975	95.00–100.00	97.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,171	114.00–119.00	116.98
8	—	1,141	107.00–112.00	109.31
2	—	1,150	124.00–129.00	126.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,453	117.00–121.00	119.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,880	163.00–168.00	165.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,020.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,533.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,575.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

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Replacement Cattle